Lakers Quotations

If you look around world, the great brands are Real Madrid, Manchester United. The Yankees, the Cowboys and the Lakers are there. We should aspire with the Maple Leafs to be there.

Losing Michael Jackson is a handicap. It's the Lakers trying to win a championship without Kobe Bryant.

I've been a Lakers fan since growing up in Oklahoma. My hometown's finally got the Thunder, which is really exciting, but I've still got to stick with the Lakers.

I am highly offended by the total lack of acknowledgement of my contribution to Laker success.

I have worked out with the Thunder, Lakers, Knicks, Grizzlies, Spurs, and a few others before the draft. I have worked out primarily against shorter and supposedly faster players in these workouts.

We're a rhythm team. If we're not playing to a certain rhythm, a certain beat, a certain pace, then we have to make adjustments and I think tonight we let the Lakers dictate, dictate, dictate and then we got down and then we tried to force the tempo.

If we have a hot Lakers game and I want to package it with four other games on the fly, now we can easily find seats that are open across four games.

If Tim Duncan's foot is bothering him in the playoffs, you never know what could happen. The Lakers are a good team. They could make a run in the West.

What I said about Pistons fans during halftime was a joke, nothing more. If I offended anyone, I'm sorry. Clearly, over the past 10 years, we in L.A. have taken a commanding lead in post-game riots. If the Lakers win, I plan to overturn my own car.

Hatred would be a strong word, ... We really respected each other. A lot of people didn't realize that the Lakers and the Celtics had the utmost respect for one another and probably feared each other the most. We knew we were equally talented and we knew that we balanced each other out on the floor, and there had to be an edge.

He wants to play for the Lakers, and I think he can help the Lakers. We can wait for the Lakers for about a week to make a decision. He has high interest from teams in Europe. But Ronny wants to play for the Lakers.

He can play regularly if we have injuries. He is good off the bench. He's a good makeup guy in the clubhouse. Frank Robinson and I went to a Lakers game at the Staples Center on Friday night and we talked about how much we need to improve the bench, and we talked about how Michael Tucker would fit in so well. We certainly have a need for another outfielder, and we certainly think we have improved our bench.

I will say that I had a number of teams there with Chicago and the Lakers that had over 45 wins or close to that at the All-Star break and the last third of the season is much more difficult. It's really tough.

It is enough. No, I won't play the next season. I'll work for the Lakers as an assistant coach and an international scout.

It is enough, ... No, I won't play the next season. I'll work for the Lakers as an assistant coach and an international scout.

I'm so excited to be here, to be one of the top eight girls, ... It's great to be playing where the (Los Angeles) Lakers play. You just feel the excitement. I know I went out there and played my game. I was on.

Michael Jackson, the 49ers and the Lakers - that's what I know about the '80s.

We entertained all of the big names. It was a high-volume operation. When the Lakers weren't playing, we had the Clippers and the (NHL's) Kings and concerts. It was some place.

Tonight, it didn't matter if he had 50, 40, 20 or 10. The idea was for us to win. It wasn't Kobe Bryant against us. It was the Lakers against Detroit.

We're very pleased to have Phil return to the Lakers as our head coach. His record speaks for itself and his success in this sport is unparalleled. Quite simply, Phil is the best coach in the business and probably the greatest coach of all time.

We're very pleased to have Phil return to the Lakers as our head coach, ... His record speaks for itself and his success in this sport is unparalleled. Quite simply, Phil is the best coach in the business and probably the greatest coach of all time.

An NBA game in L.A., the Lakers - I'm a Clipper fan - it's to be seen as much as seeing the game.

The Yankees are a good draw. Anytime you can have a national team, like the Dallas Cowboys in their heyday, the Los Angeles Lakers -- people from all over the country may not cheer for them, but they want to watch.

The Yankees are a good draw, ... Anytime you can have a national team, like the Dallas Cowboys in their heyday, the Los Angeles Lakers -- people from all over the country may not cheer for them, but they want to watch.

Probably impossible, almost, for the Lakers to make it with the road schedule they have.

No way. We haven't seen what other teams look like. We'll find out what the Lakers look like on Wednesday,

As for middle school, I had a really horrible era of style. I'd only play basketball with the boys during lunch, so I went through a phase of only wearing Lakers uniforms to school - that was cute! And then I kind of went through the Puma phase that everyone went through with the sweatsuits, which turned into Juicy Couture sweatsuits.

It reminds me of how the Lakers games used to be: You look on our sideline and there are celebrities everywhere.

It'll be my first opportunity to play in New Orleans. I'm excited to get there and show the fans of New Orleans that we still play for them. Plus it's a huge game for us; the Lakers are fighting for a playoff spot, so we need to pick it up and sneak out with a win.

The Lakers are a public team, like the Green Bay Packers and the Minnesota Vikings. They get a lot more people betting on them. Even if a team like that should be at 20:1, we might go 15:1 because we know we're going to get more play on them.

I'm going to take some time with my family and talk everything over. I know this: I will not disrespect the Lakers or myself by coming back if I'm not 100 percent. Not 95 percent or even 99 percent. 100 percent!

My mission is to kill; whether it's the Heat, whether it's the Lakers. Hopefully both. That's my mission, and that's what I'm here to do.

I could join the Lakers basketball team. I've got Kobe here today.

I can see how thrilled he is to be back. It was the right decision. In the end, it came down to returning to the Lakers or taking another year off. And here we are.

I can see how thrilled he is to be back, ... It was the right decision. In the end, it came down to returning to the Lakers or taking another year off. And here we are.

I mean, the Lakers are pretty damn Hollywood.

One of the biggest reasons I bought the Lakers was to beat the Celtics.

I think Kwame will be an asset to the Lakers.

When I was 17, I was a Lakers Girl; I was the youngest girl on the squad.

The Detroit Pistons had to go through it. The Lakers got beat by Boston several times. The Bulls had to get beat before they learned how to win. It was real good that our guys went as sophomores (in 2004). It really helped and you could see it.

You're never going to be a Yankee for a day, or you're never going to be a Laker, but with Pro-Ams, they allow you to feel like you're a professional golfer and play under their conditions.

The Lakers fans have been great, even folks in the supermarket are welcoming me back!

Turning down the Lakers was tough, but it is always good to renew your vows to the loves of your life.

You know how I be. Last week Kobe couldn't do without me.

I'm a cop, and cops talk. They called me the day he did it, but did you ever hear me say anything about it? I played ball, because that's how I am. I'm true.

I'm not going to try to go out there and outdo him. I don't have to try to outdo him, I'm Shaq.

There is nothing to say because I know everything about him. I raised him. I know what's a charade, and I know what's not a charade. I'll leave it at that.

I'm not the one buying love. He's the one buying love.

My personal opinion is, how, if you never hung out with somebody, do you know them so well? I never hung out with that dude because the dude is a weirdo.

Most ferocious was Kobe. Fiercest, most competitive, it was Kobe. D Wade is second after that.

I'm probably going to have to go with Kobester. He's an assassin with LeBron coming right after.

He's a jokester, and that's funny, very funny. Ha-ha. Very funny.

How can Benedict Arnold be reliable in what he says?

Kobe always tried to be a hero. But you know, as the saying goes, a hero ain't nothing but a sandwich.

Agh-uhh!” the baboon grunted. He turned and waddled up the stairs. Unfortunately, the Lakers jersey didn’t completely cover his multicolored rear.

Lakers are my boys! I'm 100 percent the biggest Kobe fan on the planet. I text him after every game to tell him what's up.